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Monterey Bay

CRC-15229 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15229
CRC-15229 Confirmed in the catalog @418
Aug 9 – 11, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug 2025

117 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
2
Deepest dive on record
117 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 9, 2025821 m—117 m
Aug 11, 2025475 m—58 m
Aug 11, 2025310 m—60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 821 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 475 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 310 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 11

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
24
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (821 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
821 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
310 m – 821 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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